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State of Mind

Episode number: 1

Overview: Afraid that South African authorities still want him, Darryl begins recalling his politically oppressive childhood in his former home.

Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe

Episode number: 2

Overview: Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.

The Visitors and the Wedding

Episode number: 3

Overview: After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.

Them Charges

Episode number: 4

Overview: Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.

A Black and White Christmas

Episode number: 5

Overview: When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.

Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?

Episode number: 6

Overview: Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.

Blacks and Play-Whites in the Suburbs

Episode number: 7

Overview: Rosa worries about Darryl's obsession with the man following him; Darryl remembers Veronica's decision to pass as white and live in the suburbs.

Dead Mothers and Garden Boys

Episode number: 8

Overview: Darryl considers speaking at a protest at the South African consulate, which prompts him to remember how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.

Liberals, Radicals and Death

Episode number: 9

Overview: With suspicions that Sipho is in trouble in South Africa, Darryl remembers the government seizing his grandmother's house and David being wounded in the army.

The Fountain of Pain

Episode number: 10

Overview: Darryl recalls the effects his political activities had on his late father when he receives a call from his mother still living in his native South Africa.

First Love, Then War

Episode number: 11

Overview: Darryl debates whether to return to South Africa when his safety cannot be guaranteed.

First Love, Then War

Episode number: 12

Overview: While returning to South Africa for his father's funeral, Darryl remembers how he was smuggled out of the country.

To Die For

Episode number: 13

Overview: Special Branch agents confront Darryl when he arrives in South Africa; David admits to his clandestine work for the government.